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Re: 1) - quite the contrary

Instead there is moral hazard. The process is this:

  1. Get a job at USPTO. 
  2. Deliberately approve tons of awful patents.
  3. Leave and get a job at a patent law firm.
  4. Profit!!!!

Observe that there is no ???? step.

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Quite the conspiracy theory you're building there.

The revolving door between Government regulatory jobs and positions in the very businesses regulated is pretty well-established at this point. I'd like to see some evidence to back up that assessment with regards to the US PTO, but it certainly doesn't strike me as unlikely.

>it certainly doesn't strike me as unlikely. //

FWIW it strikes me as absurdly unlikely.

Can you describe the methodology of the examiner turned attorney, how do they make money from this?

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